gadget

gadget
gadgety /gaj"i tee/, adj.
/gaj"it/, n.
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
[1850-55; orig. uncert.; cf. F gâchette the catch of a lock, sear of a gunlock]
Syn. contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.

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